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Lynda’s 2003 independent film "BLOODHEAD" aka "THE CREATURE OF THE SUNNY SIDE-UP TRAILER PARK" will be available on DVD for her fans in the United Kingdom from November 7. The title of the DVD is "CREATURE" and features a full-screen image with English language in dolby digital (2.0) stereo, complete with trailer, interactive menu and scene selection. In the film Lynda plays Lynette, the local good-time girl, “a fading trailer-trash beauty” as she described her role recently on “Larry King Weekend”. The film also stars Shirley Jones, Bernie Kopell and the late Frank Gorshin.
It can be ordered from
www.play.com
SEPTEMBER 27 2005 
WONDER WOMAN: IT'S AMAZING LYNDA CARTER DIDN'T WALK OUT OF THIS INTERVIEW Movie: Sky High
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Lynda Carter, Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston
Studio: Walt Disney
Despite playing a variety of roles over a long acting career, Lynda Carter will always be known as Wonder Woman. Even if she won an Oscar tomorrow, the headline would be "Wonder Woman Wins." It may not be fair, but Carter doesn't seem to mind. While on the press junket for another superhero movie Đ Disney's live action Sky High Đ Carter dutifully answered all of our geeky Wonder Woman questions in between hands of Texas Hold 'Em poker on her Blackberry.
The Wave: Were there more special effects in one scene of Sky High than in the whole run of Wonder Woman?
Lynda Carter: Actually, it’s not so much that there were more special effects in one scene, it’s the technology behind it. And yes, more than probably all three years [of the TV show] because we didn’t have computers in the ’70s. It’s hard to believe, but the special effects guys had to come up with robots and… the stuntwoman had to do the really big long jumps. It wasn’t done in post-production.TW: Have you been asked to do a Wonder Woman remake?
LC: Several times. I turned down interest in doing Wonder Woman as a reunion show. From about maybe three years after it was on, and over the next few years after that, probably until my mid-30s, they would ask me, “Are you interested?” And I said, “Nope.” I wanted to leave it alone. I think it’s a gem and I’ve never seen a reunion show I liked. Everyone just looks old and tired. Really, I’ve been there, done that, moving on.
TW: Would you consider playing any other superheroes?
LC: No, because I’ve done one. And tell me one superhero that’s better than Wonder Woman for women.TW: Could your Wonder Woman have kicked Jennifer Garner’s ass?
LC: Oh, they wouldn’t have been against each other. They would be for each other.TW: Everyone wants to know your thoughts on superheroes. Do you feel like an authority on the subject?
LC: Definitely, I’m totally an authority. I was one of the first and I get it.TW: Who are the wussiest superheroes?
LC: God, I don’t follow all the superheroes. The wussiest superhero? I don’t have any idea. I don’t have a clue.
TW: Were you ever airbrushed in Wonder Woman photos?
LC: I’m sure that for every cover they always airbrush, any cover that you ever do. But not so much as it is now, and now it’s all digital.TW: How long was the Wonder Woman theme stuck in your head?
LC: Not in mine. Last time I looked at anything from Wonder Woman was when I did the extra things for the DVD when it came out. I’ve kind of moved on. I loved Wonder Woman but I don’t dwell on it. I’m kind of into where I am now, what I’m doing now and appreciate the things I did in the past, but still try to live my life in the present.TW: Obligatory question: Who should be the new Wonder Woman?
LC: I’ve been asked this question a lot today and everyone wants to know this. I really think it has to be someone that is not famous. Not necessarily inexperienced, but 20 and fresh and what I hope for her is that she gets that you can’t play a superhero; you have to play the human being. The costume and special effects take care of all that stuff.TW: Have you visited any Wonder Woman fan websites?
LC: I visited Wonderland [Webmistress's note: Hey, that's us!] because a friend of mine said there’s a website trying to get signatures or something, petitions to have me in the next Wonder Woman movie.TW: How big a part do you have in Dukes of Hazzard?
LC: It’s about the same size as Sky High. It’s definitely a supporting role, and in Dukes there are all these larger-than-life characters. And mine is a little more stable. I play a friend of the family and Boss Hogg sort of lusts after me.TW: Wasn’t Dukes competition for Wonder Woman?
LC: Yeah, I think it was. We were on the same lot together. I knew all the guys, I’d run into them now and again. Who is this guy anyway that is putting that movie down – Cooter? He hasn’t seen it. Sour grapes, man.
Lynda commented on her role as a baddie: “I’ve been working so long, it’s nice to be doing a role in which there are so many dimensions. She’s (Lorraine) got quite a character arc. That’s always wonderful, instead of just playing that same old heroine that I always play—save the day, save the day. I’m not saving the day! I am a grifter, a pretty shallow character. But where it comes to my daughter (April) I am—or at least I think I am—a great mother. I teach her all my tricks and how to earn a living without having to work. I think that’s being a great mother, but I obviously screwed her up pretty badly. We get away the first time, but the second time we get in a little bit over our heads.”
According to Lynda, a friend mentioned her to "LAW & ORDER: SVU"’s executive producer Neal Baer. “Neal called me when I was finishing "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" and asked me if I would be interested in this part. He sent me the script, and I said I’d love to do it. As it turned out, Estella is an old friend that I had met several years before when we both in Scotland together, so it was really nice. Then, right during all the time when "SKY HIGH" and "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" were coming out, they called me to say that they wanted me to do another one, on the regular "LAW & ORDER". I thought that was fantastic. I love Sam Waterston, so I jumped at the chance.”
Asked if Lorraine might return one day, Lynda said “it all depends on the ratings. You never know. It’s possible. I’m not dead, so who knows? This character’s got a lot of ways to go. She’s a perfect narcissist and self-involved. Her worth was her beauty, and in this episode, she’s learning that she’s not all that anymore, but she still thinks she is.”
The same time that her episodes are airing, Lynda is in London performing for 8 weeks in the stage musical "CHICAGO" as another evil role, jailer “Mama Morton”. Now that her children are teenagers, Lynda says that she’s considering a return to series television as a regular. “It’s a possibility. The thing about series television is, you need writers that are willing to keep you challenged, so they’ve got character arcs that are moving all the time. That’s the key to being really happy in a series, is to be challenged.”
